A High Wind Warning was issued for zones ORZ021/022 at 0401 PST on 11/27/01 and cancelled at 1406 PST on 11/28/01. Unfortunately, the coastal winds at Cape Blanco and Cape Arago were not saved, they would certainly have verified the warning.
Every event with a place to put it; 3 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
The episode as NWS MFR wrote it up.
A High Wind Warning was issued for zones ORZ021/022 at 0401 PST on 11/27/01 and cancelled at 1406 PST on 11/28/01. Unfortunately, the coastal winds at Cape Blanco and Cape Arago were not saved, they would certainly have verified the warning. As it stands, the spotter reports listed above serve to verify the wanring.
The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Medford, OR wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Nov 28, 7:30 AM PST, 3 hours 43 minutes earlier.
SOUTHWEST OREGON/NORTHERN CALIFORNIA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
830 AM PDT WED NOV 28 2001
SATELLITE SHOWING STRONG STORM MOVING INTO THE PAC NW TODAY. NOT
LIKELY TO SEE MUCH OF A BREAK BETWEEN WARM AND COLD FRONTAL PRECIP.
VARIOUS WIND AND SNOW ADVISORIES/WARNINGS LOOK GOOD BASED ON CURRENT
OBS. SOUNDING SHOWING STRONG SOUTH WINDS AND WILL INCREASE THE WIND
FORECAST FOR TODAY IN SOME ZONES. SNOW LEVEL ABOUT 2-3K THIS MORN AND
SHUD RISE A LITTLE BEFORE DROPPING BACK WITH COLD FRONTAL PASSAGE.
WILL CONTINUE WITH CURRENT FORECAST PACKAGE WITH JUST A FEW CHANGES
TO WORDING FOR THE MORN UPDATE. REGION WILL BE IN GOOD ONSHORE FLOW
TONIGHT/THU WITH SHOWERS IN COOL AIRMASS. BRIEF BREAK BETWEEN SYSTEMS
THEN ANOTHER MOVING THRU LATER FRI/SAT..AND ANOTHER ON SUNDAY. AREA
TO STAY IN A WET PATTERN INTO NEXT WEEK.
.MFR...HIGH WIND WARNING TODAY COOS/CURRY COAST (ORZ021/022).
HIGH WIND WARNING TODAY-TONIGHT SHASTA VALLEY (CAZ081).
SNOW ADVISORY TODAY-TONIGHT ORZ025/027>31 AND
CAZ080/081/083>085.
WINTER STORM WARNING TODAY-TONIGHT CAZ082 (MOUNT SHASTA).
STORM WARNING FOR THE COASTAL WATERS.
HEAVY SURF ADVISORY FOR THE COASTAL WATERS AND ORZ021/022.PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OREGON
703 AM PST WED NOV 28 2001
TIME(PST) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0600 AM KENO OR HEAVY SNOW
11/28/01 KLAMATH SPOTTER KL53...AT 4870
FEET...REPORTED 6 INCHES
OF NEW SNOW.
0645 AM YREKA CA HEAVY SNOW
11/28/01 SISKIYOU SPOTTER SY84...AT 2800
FEET...REPORTED 4 INCHES
OF NEW SNOW.PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OREGON
748 AM PST WED NOV 28 2001
TIME(PST) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0720 AM WEED CA NON TSTM WINDS
11/28/01 SISKIYOU SPOTTER SY12...AT 3000
FEET...REPORTED WIND 35-45
MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH.The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
3 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Spotter CO41 in Bandon reported wind gusts to 70 mph.
Spotter CO14 in Coquille reported wind gusts to 60 mph.
Coop observer in Port Orford reported a motel sign blown down, crabbing gear blown about, and power outages.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Oregon in 2001Every state in 2001This day in weather historyWarnings in Oregon, November 2001
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5272178, 5272179, 5272180.